This may very well be our last year living in the United States. And these last few months have been full of researching, emailing, skyping, networking, and lots and lots of praying about where God is leading us in the future.
Although we now know we won't be losing our home for the building of the Sound Transit Light Rail, God has turned our thoughts to different places and opportunities. There was also a shift in Phil's job, and a timely sermon series on your calling in life that almost brought me to tears each week. A feeling of "I want to go and do Kingdom work!" has been so strong that it's been difficult to sit still.
This journey started last June with the Sound Transit letter, but it really gained more speed in January. To start with, we had a lovely time connecting with Phil's cousin and family who are missionaries in Indonesia as church planters. We spent New Year's Day playing in the snow at the base of Mt. Rainier on a gorgeous afternoon.
We all had a great time, and that evening we spent the night in Graham. After the kids were all asleep, we had a chance to talk to his cousin more about our desire to go overseas, and he was able to connect us with a number of people who do technology in Asia especially. This got us moving forward which was wonderful.
Our other big adventure this month was going to Portland for their Missions Connexion. We were able to talk to a lot of different mission organizations, and Phil was able to attend some workshops. We learned a lot and it was fun to go on a little trip. We also got to explore a little of Portland while we were down there.
We have some amazing friends in Seattle that if we do leave, it will be hard. I didn't get any pictures, but we went to the zoo twice with friends. Our church and community are so special to us.
We didn't do too much this month besides this since we had to get back into the school routine, and I got sick for over a week including a bad back. Thankfully, I realized it was a virus in hindsight, so hopefully, that won't repeat itself.
Although we now know we won't be losing our home for the building of the Sound Transit Light Rail, God has turned our thoughts to different places and opportunities. There was also a shift in Phil's job, and a timely sermon series on your calling in life that almost brought me to tears each week. A feeling of "I want to go and do Kingdom work!" has been so strong that it's been difficult to sit still.
This journey started last June with the Sound Transit letter, but it really gained more speed in January. To start with, we had a lovely time connecting with Phil's cousin and family who are missionaries in Indonesia as church planters. We spent New Year's Day playing in the snow at the base of Mt. Rainier on a gorgeous afternoon.
We all had a great time, and that evening we spent the night in Graham. After the kids were all asleep, we had a chance to talk to his cousin more about our desire to go overseas, and he was able to connect us with a number of people who do technology in Asia especially. This got us moving forward which was wonderful.
Our other big adventure this month was going to Portland for their Missions Connexion. We were able to talk to a lot of different mission organizations, and Phil was able to attend some workshops. We learned a lot and it was fun to go on a little trip. We also got to explore a little of Portland while we were down there.
We have some amazing friends in Seattle that if we do leave, it will be hard. I didn't get any pictures, but we went to the zoo twice with friends. Our church and community are so special to us.
We didn't do too much this month besides this since we had to get back into the school routine, and I got sick for over a week including a bad back. Thankfully, I realized it was a virus in hindsight, so hopefully, that won't repeat itself.
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